toom
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Is toom a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (rare or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Empty; bare.Examples: "Gin she was toom afore, she's toomer now, Her heart was like to loup out at her mou'."; "Then hie to the Custom House, add to your pleasures, Now you're well cover'd, so toom the new measures: It ne'er will be finish'd, I'll wager a groat, Till they've cut a canal te admit five-men boats!"; "Every time Gavin's cup went to his lips Nanny calculated (correctly) how much he had drunk, and yet, when the right moment arrived, she asked in the English voice that is fashionable at ceremonies, "if his cup was toom.""Synonyms: vacant, void, empty, empty as a pauper's purse, empty as the tomb on Easter, clean, leer, toomNorthern-EnglandScotlanddialectalrare
noun (English)
1. (chiefly Scottish) A piece of waste ground where rubbish is deposited.Scottish
verb (English)
1. (rare or dialectal) To empty; teem.dialectalrare
Definition source: Wiktionary